Rational-legal Leaders
The majority of modern bureaucratic officials and political leaders represent this type of authority.
Officials:
- are personally free.
- serve a higher authority.
- are appointed on the basis of conduct and their technical qualifications.
- are responsible for the impartial execution of assigned tasks.
- Their work is a full-time occupation.
- Their work is rewarded by a salary and prospects of career advancement.
Politicians:
- are solely responsible for independent action.
- must recognize that public actions that conflict with their basic policy must be rejected.
- should have charismatic appeal to win elections under conditions of universal suffrage.
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